All nations surrounded me; but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
You gave me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy those who hate me.
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them; they cried to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
They surround me all day long like a flood; they encircled me altogether.
Lover and friend have You removed far from me; My acquaintances have become darkness.
And it will be on that day that I will set Jerusalem as a weighty stone to all the peoples. All who carry it will surely gash themselves, and all the nations of the land will be gathered against it.
These kings all met and camped together at the waters of Merom in order to wage war against Israel.